Cy Falkenberg
[edit] Biography
Born on December 17, 1879 in Chicago, Illinois, Cy Falkenberg (Frederick Peter Falkenberg) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators, Cleveland Naps, Newark Peppers, Brooklyn Tip-Tops and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 12 year career. Falkenberg broke into the bigs on April 21, 1903 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.86 ERA in 56 innings pitched in 1903, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Cy Falkenberg's best season was 1914, when he posted a 2.22 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 236 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| 10
| 6
| 1
| 5
| 3.86
| 24
| 43
| 24
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 65
| 0
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1905
| WAS
| A
| 12
| 10
| 7
| 2
| 3.82
| 35
| 41
| 32
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 75.1
| 71
| 1
| 31
| 0
| 5
| 5
|
| 1906
| WAS
| A
| 40
| 36
| 14
| 20
| 2.86
| 178
| 136
| 95
| 30
| 2
| 1
| 298.2
| 277
| 1
| 108
| 0
| 14
| 13
|
| 1907
| WAS
| A
| 32
| 24
| 6
| 17
| 2.35
| 108
| 105
| 61
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 233.2
| 195
| 0
| 77
| 0
| 13
| 8
|
| 1908
| WAS
| A
| 17
| 8
| 6
| 2
| 1.96
| 34
| 26
| 18
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 82.2
| 70
| 2
| 21
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1908
| CLE
| A
| 8
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 3.88
| 17
| 28
| 20
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 46.1
| 52
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1908
| TOT
| A
| 25
| 15
| 8
| 6
| 2.65
| 51
| 54
| 38
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 129
| 122
| 3
| 31
| 0
| 8
| 4
|
| 1909
| CLE
| A
| 24
| 18
| 10
| 9
| 2.40
| 82
| 56
| 44
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 165
| 135
| 0
| 50
| 0
| 6
| 5
|
| 1910
| CLE
| A
| 37
| 29
| 14
| 13
| 2.95
| 107
| 114
| 84
| 18
| 3
| 1
| 256.2
| 246
| 3
| 75
| 0
| 8
| 8
|
| 1911
| CLE
| A
| 15
| 13
| 8
| 5
| 3.29
| 46
| 56
| 39
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 106.2
| 117
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 7
| 3
|
| 1913
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 36
| 23
| 10
| 2.22
| 166
| 82
| 68
| 23
| 6
| 0
| 276
| 238
| 2
| 88
| 0
| 13
| 6
|
| 1914
| IND
| F
| 49
| 43
| 25
| 16
| 2.22
| 236
| 127
| 93
| 33
| 9
| 3
| 377.1
| 332
| 5
| 89
| 0
| 9
| 5
|
| 1915
| NEW
| F
| 25
| 21
| 9
| 11
| 3.24
| 76
| 78
| 62
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 172
| 175
| 6
| 47
| 0
| 4
| 10
|
| 1915
| BRO
| F
| 7
| 7
| 3
| 3
| 1.50
| 20
| 15
| 8
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 48
| 31
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| TOT
| F
| 32
| 28
| 12
| 14
| 2.86
| 96
| 93
| 70
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 220
| 206
| 7
| 59
| 0
| 4
| 10
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| 15
| 8
| 2
| 6
| 3.35
| 35
| 53
| 30
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 80.2
| 86
| 1
| 26
| 0
| 6
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 10
| 6
| 1
| 5
| 3.86
| 24
| 43
| 24
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 65
| 0
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 81
| 71
| 37
| 30
| 2.46
| 332
| 220
| 163
| 52
| 10
| 4
| 597.1
| 538
| 12
| 148
| 0
| 13
| 15
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 239
| 189
| 92
| 88
| 2.72
| 808
| 697
| 491
| 125
| 17
| 4
| 1621.2
| 1487
| 11
| 510
| 0
| 80
| 52
|
| Total
|
|
| 330
| 266
| 130
| 123
| 2.68
| 1164
| 960
| 678
| 180
| 27
| 8
| 2275
| 2090
| 23
| 690
| 0
| 93
| 69
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 21
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .903
|
| 1905
| WAS
| A
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 17
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1906
| WAS
| A
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 92
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1907
| WAS
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 82
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1908
| WAS
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1908
| CLE
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1908
| TOT
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 42
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1909
| CLE
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 61
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1910
| CLE
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 97
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1911
| CLE
| A
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 33
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1913
| CLE
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 68
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| 1914
| IND
| F
| P
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 113
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1915
| NEW
| F
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 58
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1915
| BRO
| F
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1915
| TOT
| F
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 71
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 30
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .865
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 330
| 0
| 0
| 100
| 727
| 52
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| 10
| 21
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .190
| .261
| .190
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| WAS
| A
| 12
| 32
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 3
| .125
| .125
| .156
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| WAS
| A
| 40
| 106
| 10
| 18
| 1
| 12
| .170
| .214
| .264
| 3
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| WAS
| A
| 33
| 86
| 7
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .140
| .169
| .163
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| WAS
| A
| 17
| 27
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .222
| .222
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| CLE
| A
| 8
| 17
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .118
| .118
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| TOT
| A
| 25
| 44
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 0
| .182
| .182
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| CLE
| A
| 24
| 52
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .173
| .173
| .173
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| CLE
| A
| 37
| 82
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 4
| .183
| .247
| .195
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| CLE
| A
| 16
| 40
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 4
| .175
| .195
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 84
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 5
| .119
| .221
| .131
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 41
| 2
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| IND
| F
| 49
| 125
| 5
| 21
| 0
| 11
| .168
| .235
| .184
| 2
| 0
| 11
| 38
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| NEW
| F
| 25
| 57
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .053
| .069
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| BRO
| F
| 7
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .067
| .125
| .067
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| TOT
| F
| 32
| 72
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .056
| .081
| .056
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| 15
| 27
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .185
| .185
| .333
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 10
| 21
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .190
| .261
| .190
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 81
| 197
| 8
| 25
| 0
| 13
| .127
| .181
| .137
| 2
| 0
| 13
| 56
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 241
| 553
| 37
| 88
| 1
| 34
| .159
| .200
| .195
| 9
| 4
| 25
| 51
| 3
| 24
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 332
| 771
| 48
| 117
| 1
| 47
| .152
| .197
| .180
| 11
| 4
| 39
| 107
| 4
| 43
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Worcester (Eastern) to Pittsburgh Pirates (September 28, 1902).
- Sold by Toronto (Eastern) to Washington Senators (August 20, 1905).
- Sold by Washington Senators to Cleveland Naps with Dave Altizer for $7000 (July 23, 1908).
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